Monument record MHG11249 - Craggiemore
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Location
Grid reference | Centred NC 7307 0828 (100m by 100m) (Buffered by site type) |
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Map sheet | NC70NW |
Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
Old County | SUTHERLAND |
Civil Parish | ROGART |
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Type and Period (2)
Full Description
At NC 7307 0828, on E-facing slope, is hut circle, 12.5m diameter within a peat and turf-covered wall spread to 3m and up to 0.4m high; a depression in SE arc indicates entrance. Associated land-use is indicated by several stone clearance heaps nearby.
Surveyed at 1:10 000. Visited by OS (J M) 28 April 1981.
Two hut-circles, one of which has been recorded previously, and several small cairns are situated on SSE flank of Cnoc na h-Airigh-sleibh.
The previously recorded hut-circle (ROG95 51, NC 7306 0828) occupies most of a small terrace and measures 13.6m from NNW to SSE by 12.2m transversely within a stony bank spread to 2.3m in thickness and 0.6m in height. The entrance is on the SSE. At least two small cairns, measuring up to 4m in diameter and 0.3m in height, lie on a terrace to the S.
The second hut-circle (ROG95 59. NC 7310 0832), which lies to the N of a fence in partially improved ground, measures 6.3m in diameter within a stony bank spread to a thickness of 0.9m and stands 0.2m in height. The S side of the hut-circle has been slighted.
(ROG95 51, 59)
Visited by RCAHMS (DCC) 21 March 1995
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Record last edited
May 13 2016 12:00AM